Disneyland To Have A New Grand Finale For The Main Street Electrical Parade
Disneyland announced Monday the return of four new nighttime spectaculars and a new grand finale for the Main Street Electrical Parade to celebrate the parade 's 50th anniversary. The news: Starting on April 22, Disneyland will showcase the Main Street Electrical Parade and Disneyland Forever fireworks spectaculars. World of Color - an event that includes music, fire, fog and ...
Disneyland To Hold 1st Ever Pride Nite With LGBTQIA Themed Event Limited Tickets To Go On Sale
Disneyland has announced its first-ever Pride Nite for two separate evenings in June. Disneyland After Dark: Pride Nite will be held as a separately ticketed event at the happiest place on Earth on both June 13 and 15. The event will begin with a pre-party mix-in from 6 to 9 p.m., and then it will have a private party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., where guests can take part in special ...
Disneyland To Improve New Orleans Square Traffic Flow Before Fantasmic Returns
Disneyland plans to launch a two-month project to improve traffic flow in New Orleans Square at a notoriously crowded pinch point near Pirates of the Caribbean ahead of the return of the “Fantasmic” nighttime spectacular along the Rivers of America. The New Orleans Square work will start after the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction closes on Monday, March 14 for a seasonal refurbishment and ...
Disneyland To Kick Up Birthday Party Early
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Disneyland will start celebrating its 60th anniversary before the theme park even reaches its birthday. The company announced that the yearlong Diamond Celebration will start sometime in the spring. But the actual anniversary date isn't until July 17. For the 50th anniversary, Disneyland kicked off its events early, too, on May 5, 2005, concluding 18 months ...
Disneyland To Launch Mardi Gras Events Today
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Disneyland is kicking off its final theme of a series of weekend events Friday with Mardi Gras celebrations. The Mardi Gras events are set for Fridays through Sundays for the next three weekends, concluding March 6, according to the Disney Parks blog. The celebrations are part of Family Fun Weekends a series of entertainment experiences that Disneyland began hosting since last month. The Mardi ...
Disneyland To Move Security Checkpoints Will Now Include Downtown Disney
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Disneyland security checkpoints will soon include the Downtown Disney district in a move that is set to be completed by the end of the year. The change of checkpoints is intended to boost security and increase guest convenience, a Disney spokeswoman said. While no "specific incident" has prompted the change, the park constantly reevaluates is safety procedures and has acted on a "current state of ...
Disneyland To Offer Halloween Screams To All This Fall
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The Disneyland Resort announced earlier this year that it would be moving its annual hard-ticket Halloween party back across the esplanade to Disney California Adventure this fall. But with the new Oogie Boogie Bash running over there, what would happen to the Halloween Screams fireworks show that used to play exclusively at Mickey's Halloween Party? Well, Disney answered that question ...
Disneyland To Offer New Souvenirs Snacks Drinks For 60th Anniversary
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Disneyland's 60th anniversary celebration this summer will give the park a chance to unveil a new fireworks show, a new parade and a water and light show hosted by Mickey Mouse and Neil Patrick Harris.. But it will also give the park an opportunity to generate hefty revenues from the sale of more than 500 new souvenirs, clothing items, drinks and foods. During a media event Tuesday, Disneyland ...
Disneyland To Open Exclusive Retro Futuristic Tomorrowland Lounge Here Is How To Get In
Disney Vacation Club members will be whisked away to a retro-futuristic Space Age vision of tomorrow when an exclusive new lounge opens in a long-underused Tomorrowland space at Disneyland ahead of the debut of a new DVC timeshare tower later this year. The Disney Vacation Club Star View Station member lounge inspired by Walt Disney 's optimistic vision for the future will open on Wednesday, ...
Disneyland To Open Tianas Bayou Adventure Based On The Princess And The Frog
Disneyland is gearing up to open its newest attraction, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which is based on the 2009 animated film ''The Princess and the Frog.''
The ride officially opens to the public on Friday in the park's Critter Country. Riders are cautioned they should expect to get wet on the ride.
Renee Barrios Jr., project controls manager, says the ride picks up ...
Disneyland To Premiere Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 May 7
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Disneyland has announced they will hold the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides premiere on May 7, 2011. It will be the first showing of the film and it will be shown outdoors in 3D. All of the stars of the film will be in attendance as well as what will certainly be a host of Hollywood A-listers. Joining the cast of Johnny Depp (Jack Sparrow), Geoffrey Rush (Barbossa), wil be Penelope Cruz ...
Disneyland To Provide Sign Language Interpreters
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In the past, guests who needed sign language interpreters at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park had to call in advance to arrange for the service. Beginning this week, the theme parks will offer the service on a regular basis. No calls needed. Every Monday and Saturday as many as eight interpreters will be available at Disneyland. At California Adventure, the interpreters will be ...
Disneyland To Pump Beignet Smells Into Tianas Bayou Adventure
Walt Disney Imagineering plans to tap into all five senses, adding the smell and taste of fresh beignets to the sights, sounds and touch of the experience on Tiana 's Bayou Adventure when the former Splash Mountain attraction returns after an extensive makeover. Disneyland visitors will smell the sweet scent of beignets frying in the queue of Tiana 's Bayou Adventure when the attraction opens ...
Disneyland To Raise Ticket Prices
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Disneyland Resort is raising prices for park tickets and annual passes effective Sunday. Visitors will pay $80 for an adult one-day ticket to either Disneyland or Disney California Adventure. That is an increase of $4 from the current price. Disneyland raised single-day ticket prices, annual pass and parking fees in August 2010. Starting Sunday, visitors will pay $14 more than they did ...
Disneyland To Rebuild Talking Tree Outside Enchanted Tiki Room
A 62-year-old animated talking tree outside the Enchanted Tiki Room that hasn 't worked properly in years will be rebuilt during an extended refurbishment of the first Disneyland attraction to feature audio-animatronic figures.
The Enchanted Tiki Room will close on Monday, April 28 through at least late June with the attraction expected to return this summer.
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Disneyland To Remain Closed Until 2021 Disney Official Says
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Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are expected to stay closed for the rest of 2020 and not reopen until 2021 while large California theme parks remain shuttered under state guidelines, according to Disney officials. “We currently anticipate Disneyland resort will remain closed at least through the end of the fiscal first quarter,” Disney Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy ...
Disneyland To Reopen Adventureland Treehouse This Fall After 2 Year Refurbishment
Work on the retheming of Tarzan 's Treehouse that has taken twice as long as the original creation of Disneyland is nearing completion as the final set pieces are being installed and tested in the what 's old is new again Adventureland Treehouse. Disneyland will reopen the Adventureland Treehouse this fall after a refurbishment project that has stretched for more than two years. The fall ...
Disneyland To Resume Fireworks Just In Time For New Year's Eve
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Laguna Niguel residents who aren't headed to Times Square in New York City, a local party, or even the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, just got lucky. Disneyland's fireworks display is back on. Just in time for New Year's Eve, Disneyland officials announced its "Believe in Holiday Magic" fireworks show would burst back onto the scene at 8:45 p.m. tonight and again at midnight Saturday. The show had ...
Disneyland To Rework Carnation Plaza Gardens Into Fantasy Faire
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Disneyland Park in Anaheim plans to rebuild its Carnation Plaza Gardens Stage into a storybook village called Fantasy Faire. The news was announced last week during the annual D23 Expo convention for Disney fans held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The project will change Carnation Plaza from a venue where high school bands, orchestras and choruses perform into a fairytale village that will be ...
Disneyland To Sell Alcohol Publicly In 2019 When Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Opens
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What's a round of Sabacc without a drink? For Disneyland guests mingling with the intergalactic barflies at the new cantina coming to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in 2019, a conversation could be accompanied by a cocktail - a menu item the park has never before offered publicly. Since Disneyland opened in Anaheim more than 60 years ago, only one location - the secretive, exclusive Club 33 - has ...
Disneyland To Shut Down For Miley Cyrus 16th
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Teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus will stage her sweet 16 birthday party at Disneyland in California. The Hannah Montana star will shut down the theme park for the day on Oct. 5 so she can party with friends, contest winners and fans who pay $250 to hang out with the singer/actress. Cyrus will also celebrate her big day with Youth Service America volunteers who have been singled out for their ...
Disneyland To Start Building Its Star Wars Land In April
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Construction will begin next month on "Star Wars" land, the biggest expansion of Disneyland in decades, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger announced at the company's annual shareholders meeting, saying the attraction "will be great." At the meeting in Chicago, Iger said groundbreaking for the 14-acre "Star Wars"-themed land will take place in April, adding that the area will feature two ...
Disneyland To Temporarily Close Attraction Restaurant And Galaxys Edge Entrance
Additional areas in Disneyland will be temporarily unavailable this summer as construction crews continue to work on projects in New Orleans Square and Critter Country, the theme park resort announced Wednesday. The two sections of the park have already been impacted by construction related to Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, the Haunted Mansion and Critter Country. Recently, more guests have visited ...
Disneyland To Temporarily Pause Paint The Night For Holiday Season
Some fan-favorite entertainment from Disneyland 's 70th anniversary will temporarily pause to make way for holiday shows as the resort transforms into a winter wonderland beginning on Nov. 14.
Disneyland officials have confirmed that Paint the Night, a nighttime parade, and “other entertainment experiences” will pause during the holiday period. In its place, holiday entertainment will take ...
Disneyland To Unveil Toontown
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Forget Frontierland, Fantasyland and Adventureland, and be prepared for Disneyland's newest venture. Mickey's Toontown - the California park's first new "land" to open in 20 years - is coming Jan. 26. Disney legend has it that Toontown, the "exclusive hideaway" of such Disney stars as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy et al., has existed since the 1930s. Now non-Toons too can visit the "living, ...
Disneyland To Update Attractions Add New Entertainment For 70th Anniversary Celebration
Disneyland on Thursday revealed more details about the upcoming 70th anniversary celebration, including a special ticket offer, entertainment updates, new ride additions and more.
The Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration will honor “seven decades of happiness and many moments of joy in the making.” The event kicks off on May 16, 2025, and will run throughout summer 2026.
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Disneyland To Use Virtual Queue For New Walt Show
Disneyland's new Audio Animatronic show starring Walt Disney will use a virtual queue when it opens next week.
Walt Disney A Magical Life opens July 17 (Disneyland's 70th birthday) in the Main Street Opera House. The longtime home of Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln has zero queue set-up just a pre-show waiting area - so it's not equipped to handle multiple theater-loads of people ...
Disneyland To Venture Into The World Of AI
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Disneyland is venturing into the world of artificial intelligence. Jon Snoddy of Walt Disney Imagineering detailed two AI projects that the Disney production team is now working on. The news was confirmed by Snoddy himself, in an interview with CNET at the SXSW Conference and Festivals in Austin. As per the report, Pascal is basically a miniature robot which can be held in one's arms. It is said that ...
Disneyland Top Man Michael Colglazier Literally Walks In Walt's Footsteps
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The parks' CEO will need a little magic to preserve what Walt Disney created while ushering in necessary growth and change. It's a challenge he relishes. 'It truly is the greatest job in the world. A lot of people may say that, but I truly can say that.' Michael Colglazier treats the immense concrete sprawl of Disneyland as if it's a living room carpet. Never mind that thousands of people walk on it, ...
Disneyland Tour Follows Walt Disney's Journey
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A tour of Disneyland from the perspective of Walt Disney ends with the guide quoting a newspaper article describing Disney's success as a "product of luck." The 180-minute tour, titled "A Walk in Walt's Footsteps," shows that Disney's rise from a struggling animator to Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator of the most famous theme park in the world had little to do with luck. The guided ...
Disneyland Tower Of Terror Makes Its Last Drop Before Marvel Makeover
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Disney's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror has taken its final plunge before it gets a Marvel Studio makeover. Many fans of the Disney California Adventure ride came in to see the attraction on Monday, its last day of service as a "Twilight Zone" ride. The tower, which opened in 2004, on Monday still greeted visitors with the voice of "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling, welcoming visitors to the ...
